Wow, strong genes indeed! On my mom's side of the family my cousin, who is RBY IV, his dad RBY III and RBY II (no photos of RBY I) were all the spitting images of each other... Tall, very handsome, blonde, wiry but muscular, bright blue eyes, same exact nose and mouth... they could have been twins if you look at photos of them at similar ages in their lives, and they obviously got the German genes. What's funny is that for example my mom and her other brothers (in comparison to RBY III) all got the genes from the Italian, Native American & some Mexican side of the family... short, dark skin, dark hair, very strong Italian and my mom got some Native American features.

My (full blood) sister and I are spitting images of our (real) mom, but from different times in her life. My cousin recently told me that my voice is also exactly like hers, kind of deep and husky for a woman, and that I have her hearty, infectious laugh. I once saw an old video tape of her (converted from Super 8 ) where she was walking down the beach in a swimsuit. I nearly fell off the couch because she moved exactly like I do, and before she had children she was built just like me.

It is a shame there didn't seem to be a flash on those photos, Joani. I tried to use software to add what's called "fill flash" and increased contrast and brightness somewhat. It washed out the colors in the background, but the kids' faces are clearer.

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